Mo nth ly co unts of large he rb iyores on the ran gclands of south ern Narok Distr icl were cond ucted by the Ken ya Aa ngela nd Ecologíca l Monitoring Unil (KR EMU) fram December 1978 lo Novem ber 1979 Al thal t ime these rangel ands sllpporled)'ea r-long herbivore popu lat ions of 132/ km: re prese nting a biollu ss of 160 kg / ha. Th e Mara Plai ns, part icul arly t he area protecled as the Masai-Mara Na tiona l Reserve, served as a critica l dr y season range. Du ring the pea k of the dry season (Ju l). the resident popu lation oí 100,000 blue wildebeesl (Connochoetes tauri nus) was slIpplemented wit\¡ large m igra lo r}' herds from the Serengcll wh ich increased lotal numbers to > 800,000. Bu rchell's zcbras (Eq uus bu-rchelli) and Tho01 SOlÚ gazelles (Cazella thom son¡) w eTe less migra tory but moved seasona ll y th roug h the Mara. Sia na, and Loita rangt) units.
There is ample evidence of the need to expand the North's natural resources information base. It is equally important that this information be made available and accessible to the people of the North. Remote sensing and geographic information systems technologies will be important tools in this effort. To fully meet these objectives, however, significant efforts will be required in the area of training. This paper considers the unique training challenges that will have to be met in the North. The authors discuss a training strategy for remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) in northern Canada. This strategy attempts to make maximum use of existing training resources and recognizes the practical need to develop operational skills rapidly enough to fuel the broader effort to supply timely and reliable resource information over all of the Northwest Territories. The strategy stresses the special needs of native peoples to participate fully in the development process. To achieve this, the authors draw on the experience of the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS) Technology 'kansfer Program and Arctic College.
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